[OT] Packtpub?

[Phil Davis]

Hi Richmond,

They published Colin's book last year. That all I know about them.

I received an email from them too, similar to yours. Not sure how to 
respond.

Best -
Phil Davis


On 7/9/13 12:20 PM, Richmond wrote:
> Packtpub, apparently an India-based published operation concerned 
> largely with computer stuff
> have asked me to be involved in editing a publication.
>
> What is unclear to me, and they don't seem to want to answer . . .
>
>  . . . is what their academic standing is as well as the extent of 
> their market reach.
>
> What is also unclear is how they select their editors as they have 
> made no enquiry as to an academic qualifications I may have, years of 
> experience in the field and so on. This strikes me as very odd indeed.
>
> "I came across your discussion, and felt that you would be an ideal 
> person to review this book for us."
>
> Is opaque in the extreme: what discussion? where? and what on earth 
> would that actually tell you
> about either my ability to review a publication or my academic bona 
> fides vis-a-vis computer programming.
>
> Now all they are offering me for my work seems to be a hard copy of 
> the book plus another from their
> "stable" of publications. That is all very jolly, but it is not what 
> motivates me; what does is the fact that my
> c.v. has got a bit thin on the ground recently, and the odd editorship 
> and/or publication would spice things
> up a bit when/if I decide to apply for a new job.
>
> What I am really wondering is whether this will have any sort of clout 
> in a c.v at all, or is just a bit of
> fun to get a couple of books.
>
> Richmond.
>
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Phil Davis